África
Asia
Europa
América do Sur
Australia e Oceanía
Antártida
Océano Pacífico
Océano Atlántico
Océano Índico
Océano Glacial Ártico
Mar Mediterráneo
Mar Vermello
Mar Caribe
Mar do Coral
Mar da China Meridional
Mar de Filipinas
Mar de Andamán
Mar do Norte
Mar de Timor e de Arafura
Golfo de Bengala
Golfo de California
House centipede
MordeThe house centipede is a long-legged, yellowish-grey centipede that often shares homes with people. It comes from the Mediterranean region and has spread across much of the world. It is fast, has very long legs, and eats household pests, so it is useful to have around.1
Como recoñecelo
- Typically yellowish-grey, with three dark stripes running down the length of its body.1
- Up to 15 pairs of long legs, which also have dark stripes.1
- Body is typically 25 to 35 mm long. With its legs and antennae, it looks about 75 to 100 mm long.1
- Runs very quickly across floors, up walls and along ceilings, and can stop suddenly and stay still.1
- Has well-developed eyes, unlike most other centipedes.1
Poder da pezoña
A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.
Que fai a súa pezoña?
It has a mild venom, which it injects through small claw-like structures called forcipules. Its venom is used mainly to subdue prey. In a bite on a person, the effect is limited to mild pain and swelling in the local area, similar to a bee sting.1
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: LeveComa unha picadura de abella ou menos. Practicamente inofensivo para as persoas.House centipedes pose essentially no threat to people. They are not aggressive and usually flee when disturbed. Stings are rare and usually happen only when the centipede is cornered or handled roughly. Their forcipules have difficulty penetrating human skin. Allergic reactions have been reported but are rare, and nearly all successful bites heal quickly without complications.1
Que fai cando ten medo?
When disturbed, it usually runs away quickly, and it can detach any legs that have become trapped.1
Se morde
- Lava a mordedura, arrefríaa ou mete a zona en auga morna para a dor, e busca axuda médica se empeora.
Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos
Mantente a salvo
- Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
- Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
- Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.
Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo
En que lugar do mundo?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
mide máis ou menos coma un clip
podería percorrer 100 metros en 260 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)Que tamaño ten House centipede comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.
Que rápido é?
Datos
It can detach its own legs if they become trapped, which helps it escape danger.1
It can tell harmful prey from safe prey, and it changes how it feeds depending on the danger. With wasps, it retreats after stinging to let the venom take effect.1
Its tail-like hind legs look like antennae, so when it is at rest it is hard to tell its head end from its tail end.1
Unlike most centipedes, it has well-developed faceted eyes, although it hunts mostly by smell and touch through its antennae.1
Its blood contains proteins that carry oxygen, which is unusual among centipedes.1
It can live its whole life inside a building, usually on the ground floor of homes.1
Desmontamitos
Mito: House centipedes are dangerous and likely to attack people.
Verdade: They are not aggressive and usually run away. Their stings are rare and cause only mild, local pain and swelling.1
Para expertos en pezoñas
- Nome científico
- Scutigera coleoptrata
- Grupo
- Escolopendras
- Familia
- Scutigeridae2
- Orde
- Scutigeromorpha
- Continentes
- Europa, Asia, África
- Crías
- They lay eggs in spring. In a laboratory study of 24 females, the average was 63 eggs and the maximum was 151. The young hatch with four pairs of legs and gain more with each moult until they reach 15 pairs.1
- Esperanza de vida
- uns 7 anos1
- Perigo para as persoas
- 1 / 5: Leve3
De onde veñen os datos
- Scutigera coleoptrata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Scutigera coleoptrata (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
- Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
O escorpión ten fame! Venom Wiki é un proxecto dunha soa persoa: gratis, sen anuncios e sen rastrexadores. Unha pequena propina axuda a mantelo en liña.Dálle de comer ao escorpiónMáis do mesmo grupo: Escolopendras
Chinese red-headed centipede
Giant Australian centipede
Mediterranean banded centipede
Vietnamese giant centipede
African blue-ring centipede
Indian tiger centipedeTamén vive en: Europa
Common European adderVíboras e outras serpes da familiaPrecisa un médico
Spanish flyOutros animais velenososPrecisa un médicoNon tocar
Common waspAbellas, avespas e avespónsSó doe
European hornetAbellas, avespas e avespónsSó doe
Fire salamanderRas velenosas, sapos e tritónsSó doeNon tocar
Western honey beeAbellas, avespas e avespónsSó doe